Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 107:9
(ויקרא יח, ז) אמך היא משום אמו אתה מחייבו ואי אתה מחייבו משום אשת אב
it is said, [he] hath uncoveredhis father's nakedness: just as there the reference is to the opposite sex,so here too; and it implies his father's wife, whether his mother or not.Whence do we know [that this law applies to] his mother, even if she is nothis father's wife? — From the verse, The nakedness of thy mother thou shaltnot uncover. From this I learn only the formal prohibition, viz., that theScripture interdicts his mother, though not his father's wife, just as hisfather's wife. Whence do I derive thepunishment?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., that it is a punishable offence too; for no punishment is mentioned in this verse. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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